War Of The Flowers
a comforting stodge of a fantasy novel
Category: Rated
die?
A Snowball In Hell
The return of Angelique da Xavia is
sapper?
The Last Colony
bloody good, what
dr ruth?
Heartfelt
Hibee follows Hearts for a season
soulchip?
Saturn’s Children
heinlein homage. post human robotic solar system. intrigue danger and sex.
Messy ending, etc.
ingsoc?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Orwell’s masterpiece is a tale of revolt in a post revolutionary Britain, where the Party as personified by Big Brother rule with absolute control.
boar?
Ysabel
Really very good indeed.
breadhead?
White Bicycles
A memoir of Boyd’s involvement with music roughly covering the period from the late 50s to early 70s.
ghosts?
The Arbitrary Placement Of Walls
Once upon a time in an online space called The Well Neil Gaiman stopped by to talk about his new book called American Gods.
That chat kept on going and kept on going and a community formed around it. The people were ferociously bright, genuinely engaged, and enthusiastic readers. It was one of my favourite internet experiences of all time.
If I remember correctly Martha Soukup was a moderator (or whatever The Well called such people) and a participant in that space. As members of this community found her collection of stories they came back and reviewed it in glowing terms.
Of course it was released on a small press in the US only and was nearly impossible to find in the UK. For years I searched for a copy and then eventually I found it in the amazing Borderland Books in San Francisco (a must visit for fans SF&F books!).
After such a build up it could only disappoint right?
Except it turns out that this collection is amazing. Beautifully written and teeming with ideas it is one of the best short story collections I’ve ever read.
Wholeheartedly recommended – if you can find a copy.
xnet?
Little Brother
Basically this novel is one long, very angry rant about the erosion of civil liberties in the Western world. Which doesn’t sound like fun, but he manages to make it into a very entertaining coming of age adventure/spy romp.